anthony g. james, jr. - miami...

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Anthony G. James, Jr. ______________________________________________________

Education

PhD, Human Development and Family Studies, University of Missouri (2012)

Minor: Religious Studies

Dissertation: Relations between Youths’ Conceptions of Spirituality and their

Developmental Outcomes

MS, Human Development and Family Studies, University of Missouri (2009)

Thesis: An exploration of the moderating impact of mentorship on the relationship

between Christian religious orientation and moral reasoning

BS, Sociology, Lincoln University (MO) (2002)

Minor: Military Science

Academic Appointments

August 2012 Assistant Professor

Department of Family Studies & Social Work

Miami University (OH)

Employment

Miami University

- Faculty (7/12 - Present)

Research Assistant

- MU Extension: 4H Youth Development (9/09 – 9/10)

Human Development & Family Studies Graduate Assistant

US Army-Missouri National Guard

Officer

- Battalion Staff Officer (1/09-6/09); Engineer Company Commander (6/07-

1/09); Battalion Staff Officer (1/07-5/07); Executive Officer (2005-2006)

- Support Platoon Leader (2003-2005); Aviation Platoon Leader (2002-2003)

- Intelligence Analyst (2002-2003); Cadet (2001-2002)

Enlisted

- Electrician

Intelligence Analyst- Missouri Information Analysis Center (5/06- 8/07)

Children’s Service Worker I, MO Department of Social Services (12/03-05/06)

mailto:[email protected]

Dated: 8.17.15

Administrative & Committee Responsibilities

Miami University

- 2014- Present

o Chair, FSW Departmental Faculty Council

Booker T. Washington Community Center

- 2013- Present

o Member, Advisory Board

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Butler County (OH)

- 2015- Present

o Member, Board of Directors

National Council on Family Relations

- 2013- 2015

o Student & New Professionals Rep, Inclusion and Diversity Committee

Teaching Experience

Miami University:

FSW/BSW 362 Family Poverty

FSW 481 Adolescent Development in Diverse Families

FSW 261 Diverse Family Systems Across the life Cycle

FSW 295 Research & Evaluation in Social Work & Family Studies

University of Missouri:

HDFS 4300 The Black Family: Past, Present, Future

HDFS 3430 Adolescence and Young Adulthood

HDFS 1610 Intimate Relationships

HDFS 2400 Principles of Human Development

HDFS 4610 Family Stress

HDFS 2200 Research Methods

HDFS 4700 Children and Families in Poverty

Fellowships & Awards

Gus T Ridgel Fellow

- The Graduate School: University of Missouri (9/07 – 5/12)

Elizabeth Vemer Memorial Minority Scholarship ($3000)

Fall 2010

Association of Black Graduate and Professional Students Essay Contest ($333)

Spring 2010

Dated: 8.17.15

Elizabeth Vemer Memorial Minority Scholarship ($6765)

Spring 2009

Army Achievement Medal, US Army (9/2008)

Gus T. Ridgel Fellowship, University of Missouri Fall

2007- Present

Lois Bryant Memorial Endowment, Human Environmental Sciences ($1700)

Spring 2007

Grants & Contracts

Internally Funded

Title: African American Male Initiative

Funding Agency: Miami University, College of Professional Studies and Applied

Sciences

Amount Funded: $8760 (August 2015 through June 2016)

Role: PI, with Co-PIs Byron Miller, Bennyce Hamilton, and David Jamison

Title: Dream Keepers; A Grow-Your-Own Initiative.

Funding Agency: Miami University, Interdisciplinary & Innovation Fund,OARS,

Summer Research Appointment.

Amount Funded: $150,000 (August 2015 through June 2018)

Role: Co-PI, with Co-PIs Gwen Etter-Lewis and Denise Taliaferro-Baszile

Title: An investigation of differing conceptions of spirituality and contexts of spirituality

Funding Agency: Miami University, Office of the Provost. Summer Research Grant.

Amount Funded: $5000 (May 15, 2013 through June 30, 2013)

Role: PI

Title: Increasing Pedagogical Development

Funding Agency: Miami University, Education Health and Society, Eloise Martin

Instructional Enrichment Fund

Amount Funded: $300 (November 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013)

Role: PI

Title: An exploration of Native American youths’ spirituality and its association with their

positive development

Funding Agency: Miami University Hamilton, Faculty Scholarship and Research Grant

Amount Funded: $2860 (October 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013)

Role: PI

Dated: 8.17.15

Title: Association of Black Graduate and Professional Students Undergraduate Mentor

Program

Funding Agency: University of Missouri-Columbia Graduate School and the Office of

the Vice Provost of Undergraduate Studies

Amount Funded: $2,180.66 (October 1, 2010 through May 15, 2011)

Role: PI

Externally Funded

Title: Positive Transformations for Ohio Schools: Building Statewide Positive Supports (PIs:

Amity Noltemeyer & Cricket Meehan of Miami University)

Funding Agency: US Department of Education

Amount Funded: $743,823 (October 2014 through October 2019).

Role: Research Consultant

Title: Evaluation of Butler (OH) County Head Start & Early Head Start programs

Navigator Program

Funding Agency: The Butler County Educational Service Center

Amount Funded: $10,000 (September 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016).

Role: PI, with Co-PIs Kevin Bush and Amity Noltemeyer

Title: Focus group evaluation Butler County Preschool Programs

Funding Agency: United Way & Butler County Educational Service Center

Amount Funded: $1,500 (March 1, 2015 through June 30, 2015).

Role: PI

Title: Evaluation of The Butler County Kinship Navigator Program



Role: PI

Title: Evaluation of The Butler County Success Program: Year ten



Role: PI, with Co-PIs Kevin Bush and Amity Noltemeyer

Title: Evaluation of The Butler County Success Program: Years 8 & 9



Role: Co-PI, with Kevin Bush and Amity Noltemeyer

Title: Association of Black Graduate and Professional Students Black History Month

Reading Program

Funding Agency: University of Missouri-Columbia Black History Month Committee and

Columbia (MO) Public School District

Amount Funded: $1,338.15 (February 1, 2011 through February 28, 2012)

Dated: 8.17.15

Role: Co-PI, with Angela Gist

Title: Racial Awareness training for Children’s Division, Missouri Department of Social

Services

Funding Agency: Casey Family Programs

Amount Funded: $14,200 (April 2011 through July 2012)

Role: PI

Grants Proposed

Title: Project REACH: Moving under-served youth from high school to college to gainful

employment.

Funding Agency: William T. Grant Foundation

Amount Requested: $500,000 (September 1, 2015- August 31, 2018.)

Role: Co-PI, with Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis and Kevin Bush

Title: An examination of the nature of youths’ spirituality

Funding Agency: Miami University, OARS, Summer Research Appointment.

Amount Requested: $6200 (May 26th, 2014 through August 1, 2014)

Role: PI

Title: Expanding understanding of the spirituality-PYD model: An empirical test of the

generalizability of the model and the impact of spiritual stability

Funding Agency: John Templeton Foundation

Amount Requested: $155,600 (June 1, 2014- May 31, 2017.)

Role: Co-PI, with Mark Fine and Kevin Bush

Title: SPARK: Developing and nurturing the spirituality of youth to increase

positive development among Bitterroot Valley youth

Funding Agency: William T. Grant Foundation

Amount Requested: $170,730 (June 1, 2014- May 31, 2016.)

Role: Co-PI, with Faylee Favara and Kevin Bush

Title: Effects of multiple deployments on National Guard and Army Reserve families

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation- Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Funding Amount: $10,000 (September 2008 through June 2009)

Role: PI

Professional Organizations

Member, American Humanist Association 2015 - Present

Member, Society for Research in Child Development 4/2013 – Present

Member, National Council Family Relations 1/2007 – Present

Dated: 8.17.15

Member, Society for Research on Adolescence 1/2012- Present

Member, National Black Graduate Student Association 8/10 – 5/12

Member, Kwanzaa Men of Action 1/2010- 1/2012

Member, MU Association of Black Graduate and Professional Students 8/09 – 5/12

(President: ’10-’11 & ’11-’12)

Member, 1140th Engineer Battalion Association 2/2007 - 6/2009

Member, Military Officers Association of America 4/2007 – 1/ 2009

Member, Council on Contemporary Families 1/2007 – 1/2009

Publications

Scholarly Book Chapters

James, A. G. (invited/in press). Spirituality and practice across the fields of social work

and family studies. In M. DeSouza, J. Bone & J. Watson (Eds.), Spirituality

across disciplines: Research and practice in education, health and social care,

theology, business, sustainability and cultural studies. New York: Springer.

James, A., & Fine, M. A. (2014). Healthy Development in Children of Divorced Parents.

In T. G. and M. Bloom (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health

Promotion II (pp. 684-691). New York: Springer Publishing Company.

Referred Journal Articles

James, A., Fine, M., Turner, Jo. (in press). Family resources: A mediating factor between

community resources and youths’ spirituality. Family Relations.

James, A., Fine, M., & Lester, A. (2015). A re-investigating of the religious orientation –

moral reasoning relationship: A relational developmental systems perspective.

Journal of Beliefs and Values, 36(2), 244-251.

James, A. & Fine, M. (2015). Relations between youths’ conceptions of spirituality and

their developmental outcomes. Journal of Adolescence, 43, 171-180.

James, A., Lester, A., & Brooks, D. (2012). The effects of denomination on religious

socialization for Jewish youth. Youth & Society, 46(6), 875-891.

James, A., Fine, M., & Turner, J. (2012). An empirical examination of youths’ self-

perceived spirituality as an internal developmental asset during adolescence.

Journal of Applied Developmental Science, 16, 181-194.

Copeland, A., Gillespie, T., James, A.G., Turner, L. J., & Williams, B. (2009). 4-H youth

futures: College within reach. Journal of Extension, 47, 1-4.

Non-Referred Works

Dated: 8.17.15

James, A., Kuvalanka, K. A., Lee, S., et al. (2015, March). “I can’t breath:” A call for

dialogue and action. NCFR Report. Minneapolis, MN: National Council on

Family Relations. Retrieved: https://www.ncfr.org/ncfr-report/current-issue/i-

cant-breathe-call-dialogue-and-action

James, A. (2014). A family life educator’s account: A call to maintain proximity to the

disenfranchised. NCFR Report, 59.1, F15-F17.

James, A. G. (2014). Protestants. In L. Ganong, M. Coleman, & J. Golson's, The Social

History of the American Family (pp. 1085-1088). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

James, A. (2014). Parenting “race”. In H. Hilling and A. Watts (Eds.) Dads behaving

dadly: 67 Truths, tears and triumphs of modern fatherhood (pp. 190-191).

Melbourne, FL: Motivational Press.

James, A., & Fine, M. (2013). Race/Ethnicity (as a risk for divorce). In R. E. Emery

(Ed.) Cultural Sociology of Divorce: An Encyclopedia (pp. 426-430). Thousand

Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

James, A., & Fine, M. (2012). The family. In J. A. Banks (Ed.) Encyclopedia of

Diversity in Education (pp. 879-883). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

James, A. (2012). The family: A context for youths’ spiritual growth. NCFR Report,

57.4, F9-F10.

Under Review

James, A. G. (under review). A relational developmental system-based tool to promote

youths goal-setting behaviors: A family life educator’s approach. Family

Relations.

Rudy, D., Fine, M. A., Ispa, J. M., Carlo, G., & James, A. G. (under review). Ethno-

Racial variations in maternal warmth and negativity and children’s engagement

and negativity toward mothers. International Journal of Behavioral Development

Ward, R. M., Ward, J. A., & James, A. (under review). Examining college student

spiritual expression using the transtheoretical model. International Journal for the

Psychology of Religion.

Papers in progress

James, A. & Rudy, D. (in progress). Investigating the use of corporal punishment on

African American children’s internalizing and externalizing behaviors: A meta-

analytic approach.

James, A. & Miller, B. (in progress). “My body is a temple…”: Testing the mediating

role of youths’ spirituality on their healthy behaviors.

Bush, K.R., Noltemeyer, A., Wade, A., James, A.G., & Bergen, D. (in progress).

Longitudinal impact of a child and family intervention program on reading and

math skills.

James, A., Jackson, J., & Carter, J. (in progress). Using community asset to increase the

reading scores of African American male 3rd grade students: A participatory

action research approach.

https://www.ncfr.org/ncfr-report/current-issue/i-cant-breathe-call-dialogue-and-action

https://www.ncfr.org/ncfr-report/current-issue/i-cant-breathe-call-dialogue-and-action

Dated: 8.17.15

James, A.G. , Bush, K.R., & Peterson, G., & (in progress). Children and youth in

Stepfamilies. In T. G. and M. Bloom (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention

and Health Promotion II.

Bush, K.R., James, A.G. & Noltemeyer, A. N. (in progress). Impact of culture and

parenting on Chilean youths’ global self-esteem.

James, A. & Miller, B. (in progress). “My body is a temple…”: Testing the mediating

role of youths’ spirituality on their healthy behaviors.

James, A. (in progress). Introducing a relational developmental system based tool to help

parents map out goals for their children: A Family Life Educator’s approach.

James, A., Kuvalanka, K., & Redcloud, V. (in progress). An investigation of why low

income parents may choose to not enroll their children into Early Head Start

and/or Head Start: A focus group approach.

Books in Progress

James, A. (in progress). Spare the rod, SAVE the child: Effects of spanking on African

American children’s psychosocial development.

Invited Lecturer/Speaker

James, A. (2014, May). Using principles from “The Antwone Fisher Story” to visualize

a better financial future. Video presentation presented to adolescent girls at the Reel to

Reel banquet. (Cincinnati, OH).

James, A. (2014, April). “…wait till I get my money right”: Making sound decisions &

planning for a better financial future. Presentation and workshop for CCPA Project

R.E.A.C.H. students. (Cincinnati, OH).

James, A. (2014, April). Using a PYD model to help youth plan for a better future: An

informal talk. An informal discussion/presentation for Mentor Me youth in Washington

Park. (Cincinnati, OH).

James, A. (2013, January). Spirituality to Positive Youth Development: A Developmental

Asset Approach. Presentation give at 2012-2013 Miami Hamilton Faculty Seminar Series.

Miami University Hamilton. (Hamilton, OH).

James, A. (2012, January). Multiculturalism in Greek life at Mizzou. Keynote speaker for

the Alpha Epsilon Pi Diversity in Education brotherhood meeting. (Columbia, MO).

James, A. (2011, October). Responsible Fatherhood. Presented at 2nd Baptist Church

Annual Men's Day Breakfast and Forum. (Columbia, MO).

Dated: 8.17.15

James, A. Perspective taking and moral reasoning: On the road to prosocial behaviors.

Invited lecturer for Human Development and Learning Frameworks program at El Centro

College. November 2010 (Dallas, TX).

James, A. Racism in America. Invited by Dr. Etti Naveh-Benjamin for her Cross-Cultural

Psychology, Honors Cross-Cultural Psychology, and Psychology of Movies courses.

Three to five times per semester from Summer 2007 - Summer 2012 (Columbia, MO).

James, A. Racism in America. Invited by Dr. Duane Rudy for his multicultural families

course. Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2012. (Columbia, MO).

Professional Panels

Harper, E., Shaw, M., & James, A. G. (2015, March 17). Thoughts on civic engagement

within the community. Corner Office Speaks Series hosted by Urban League Young

Professionals of Greater Southwestern Ohio. Cincinnati, OH.

James, A. (2012, November 18). Decline in religious affiliation discussed: What’s

happening to religion in our society? Invited panel discussion hosted by Michael

Williams (Ed) of Ideas & Voices at Dayton Daily News. Dayton, OH.

James, A. (2011, October). Networking, Mentoring, Campus Life and Community.

Panelist for 2011 Emerge Fall Preview for the University of Missouri Graduate School.

Columbia, MO.

James, A. (2011, October). Preparing for Graduate School. Moderated panels for

collaboration between Association of Black Graduate and Professional Students and

Legion of Black Collegians helping Black undergraduate students make the transition to

graduate school. Columbia, MO.

James, A. (2010, October). Enhancing Student Opportunities through Effective

Mentoring. Part of Mizzou Diversity Summit- Taking Ownership for an inclusive

campus: What is my role? Where do I fit in? Columbia, MO.

James, A. (2010, October). Student Leaders’ Role in Creating an Inclusive Campus. Part

of Mizzou Diversity Summit- Taking Ownership for an inclusive campus: What is my

role? Where do I fit in? Columbia, MO.

James, A. (2010, August). Maintaining excellence in graduate school. Part of new

student orientation conducted by the University of Missouri Graduate School. Columbia,

MO.

James, A. (2010, August). Graduate Student Panel. Workshop conducted by MU

Graduate School’s Minority Graduate Student Orientation Program. Columbia, MO

Dated: 8.17.15

James, A. (2010, January). Diversity Focus Discussion. Initiative by MU College of

Human Environmental Sciences to reduce discrimination and increase diversity within

the college. Columbia, MO.

James, A. (2007, December). Balancing family and academic careers. Part of

Professional Development Seminars by Graduate School: Preparing Future Faculty

Program. Columbia, MO.

Professional Presentations

James, A. (2014, November). An overview of the inclusion and diversity activities

during 2013-2014. Presentation given at the National Council on Family Relations annual

conference, Baltimore, MD.

James, A. (2014, November). Reducing economic stress through sound financial

decisions and practice. In A. G. James (chair), Economic recovery: A FLE approach to

addressing financial stress. Symposium conducted at the National Council on Family

Relations annual conference, Baltimore, MD.

James, A. G., Noltemeyer, A., & Bush, K. (2014, November). Butler county success

program: A review of the year nine evaluation findings. Presentation given to Butler

county educational service center staff members. Hamilton, OH.

James, A., & Miller, B. (2014, October). “My body is a temple…”: Testing the

mediating role of youths’ spirituality on their healthy behaviors. Poster presented at

SRCD Special Topics Meeting: Positive Youth Development (PYD) in the Context of the

Global Recession. Prague, Czech Republic.

Bush, K.R., Noltemeyer, A., Wade, A., James, A.G., & Bergen, D. (2014, July).

Longitudinal impact of a child and family intervention program on reading and math

skills. Poster Presented at the 9th Annual International Conference on Child and

Adolescent Psychopathology. London, England.

James, A., Jackson, J., & Carter, J. (2013, November). Using community asset to

increase the reading scores of African American male 3rd grade students: A participatory

action research approach. Poster presented at the 75th Annual National Conference of the

National Council on Family Relations. San Antonio, TX.

James, A.G. & Fine, M. A. (2013, July). Relations between youths’ conceptions of

spirituality and their developmental outcomes. Paper presented at the 13th International

Conference on Children’s Spirituality, Leuven, Belgium.

James, A. G., Fine, M. A., & Turner, L. (2013, July). Family resources: A mediating

factor between community resources and youths’ spirituality. Paper presented at the 13th

International Conference on Children’s Spirituality, Leuven, Belgium.

Dated: 8.17.15

James, A.G. & Rudy, D. (2013, April). Investigating the use of corporal punishment on

African American children's internalizing and externalizing behaviors: A meta-analytic

approach. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society of Research in Child

Development, Seattle, WA.

James, A., Lester, A., & Brooks, D. (2012, October). The effects of denomination on

religious socialization for Jewish youth. Paper presented at the 74th Annual National

Conference of the National Council on Family Relations. Phoenix, AZ.

James, A., Fine, M., & Turner, L. J. (2012, March). An empirical examination of

spirituality as an internal developmental asset during adolescence. Poster presented at

the14th Biennial Meeting for Society of Research on Adolescence. Vancouver, B.C.,

Canada.

James, A., Fine, M., & Turner, J. (2011, November). A social ecological approach to

understand the role of family and community in youth’s spirituality. Roundtable

Discussion at the 73rd Annual National Conference of the National Council on Family

Relations. Orlando, FL.

James, A. (2010, April). Preliminary findings on qualitative exploration of children and

youth's conceptualizations of spirituality. Presented at the 14th Annual Northwestern

University BGSA Graduate Student Research Conference. Evanston, IL.

James, A. (2010, March). An exploration of the moderating impact of mentorship on the

relationship between Christian religious orientation and moral reasoning. Presented at

the University of Missouri Research and Creative Activities Forum. Columbia, MO

James, A. (2009, October). A structural analysis of race, religion, and politics in the

Obama Era. Presented at the University of Missouri Black Studies Program Annual

Conference. Columbia, MO.

Trainings & Workshops Conducted

James, A. Finding one’s place: using Arabica plants to help youth visualize their future

belonging in the world. Workshop presented to adolescents at Meadowdale K-8 school

of Dayton Public School district. (2014, November, Dayton, OH).

James, A. (2014, May). Using principles from “The Antwone Fisher Story” to visualize

a better financial future. Video presentation presented at the Reel to Reel banquet.

(Cincinnati, OH).

James, A. (2014, April). “…wait till I get my money right”: Making sound decisions &

planning for a better financial future. Presentation and workshop for CCPA Project

R.E.A.C.H. students. (Cincinnati, OH).

Dated: 8.17.15

James, A. (2014, April). Using a PYD model to help youth plan for a better future: An

informal talk. An information presentation for Mentor Me youth in Washington Park.

(Cincinnati, OH).

James, A. Understanding and presenting disparity/disproportionality data using the

Berkeley Child Welfare Dynamic Report System. Training for Quality Assurance and

Quality Improvement specialists, for Missouri’s Department of Social Services-

Children’s Division. (2012, July, Jefferson City, MO).

James, A. Conducted several “Racial Awareness in Child Welfare Systems” Training for

Missouri Department of Social Services Children Division. (2011-2012, Throughout

Missouri, for MO-DSS [CD]).

James, A. Conducted a “Racial Awareness Train-the-Trainer” Training for Missouri

Department of Social Services Children Division. (2010, Lincoln University, Jefferson

City, MO).

Professional Service

2013- Ad Hoc Reviewer

o Journal of Child and Family Studies- Nirbhay N. Singh, Editor

2012- 2014 Ad Hoc Reviewer

o Journal of Youth and Society- Marc Zimmerman, Editor

2012- Ad Hoc Reviewer

o Journal of Diversity in Higher Education- Roger Worthington, Editor

2012 – 2014 Conference Proposal Reviewer

o National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference

Additional Skills

Completed PREPARE/ENRICH facilitator training (2013, Cincinnati Christian

College, Cincinnati, OH)

Certified Family Life Educator (certification through National Council on Family

Relations, Minneapolis, MN)

Discussion Leader/Lecturer on Racism or Racial Awareness

Completed Assertiveness Training [Department of Human Development and

Family Studies] (2010, Columbia, MO)

Completed, Connect for Babies, facilitator training conducted by MU HDFS

program (2009, Columbia, MO).

Completed Equal Opportunity Officer Training [US Army] (2005, Camp Talil,

Iraq)

Graduate of National Advanced Leadership Camp [United States Army Cadet

Command] (2002, Ft. Lewis, Washington)

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